Translation of the ancient prose "Ban Chao joined the army with a pen" and a brief analysis of why this idiom can inspire people to forge ahead?

Ban Chao was born in Ping Ling, and Xu Lingbiao is the youngest son. Be ambitious and don't rest on your laurels. However, I am very filial, always on duty at home, and I am not ashamed of my work. Have a mouth to argue, but dabble in book biography. Yongping five years. My brother Gu was called the school book lang, and Chao went to Luoyang with his mother. Poor family, often supported by official and servant books. After studying hard for a long time, he dropped out of school and sighed, "A gentleman has no ambition. He should still win the championship in Fu Jiezi and Zhang Qian in foreign countries. Can he stay long? " Laugh at it in two ways. Chao said, "I know the ambition of a strong man!" Later, he went out to the western regions and made meritorious deeds. Later, the audience said, "If you drink wine and wear clothes, you will have ears, but you should seal off the post-Wanli." When asked about his appearance, the fortuneteller pointed out: "It's like Wan Li has a swallow and a tiger's neck, flying to eat meat." For a long time, Xianzong asked Gu, "Is Ann there?" Gu You: "Write a book for an official and accept it directly to support your mother. "The emperor is the leader of Lantai. Take a back seat and avoid being an official. In sixteen years, he sent and engaged in Guo Yao's missions to the Western Regions. Super, right late, Wang Shanshan Guangfeng was very enthusiastic about the super ceremony, and then he suddenly became more slack. Beyond his official status, he said, "You'd rather be polite? "? There must be an emissary from the North Lu, who suspects the unknown. "Does the wise man see that he has not germinated and the situation has become evil? "However, he told his servant to fool around and said," The Huns have been here for a few days. Do you care now? "To wait on Hu is fearful, and he has the appearance of waiting on him. Chao said, "Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Today's plan is unique, because we will attack the enemy with fire at night. If he doesn't know how good I am, he will be shocked and tired. "Destroy this enemy, you will be kind and brave, and you will succeed." People say, "Good." The first night, I sent officials to the camp. The next day it was windy, and ten people hid the house with drums. Then they will say, "When you see a fire, you should beat the drums and shout." I found myself crouching in front of a crossbow. Super is arson with the wind, making noise before and after. Lu Zhong was in a panic and killed three people with open hands. Officials and soldiers beheaded their envoys and followers for more than 30 times, and hundreds of people were burned to death. Chao Sui called Guang and made his debut with Lu, which shocked the whole country.

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Ban Chao, a native of Pingling County, Fufeng County, is the youngest son of Ban Biao, the magistrate of Xuxian County. He is ambitious and informal, but he has a good moral character. He often does hard work at home, and he doesn't take doing low-paid things as a shame. Ban Chao is eloquent and well-read. In the fifth year of Han Yongping, Ban Chao's brother Ban Gu was recruited as a school extremely by the court and went to Luoyang with his brother and mother. Because of his poor family background, he was often employed by the government and made a living by copying books, which took a long time and was very hard. He once stopped his work, threw his pen aside and sighed, "As a gentleman, although he doesn't have any outstanding strategies, he always has to learn from Fu Jiezi and Zhang Qian, which have made great achievements abroad, in order to be promoted. How can he always make a living by doing this kind of pen and ink? " Colleagues around laughed at this. Ban Chao said: "How can ordinary people understand the mind of people with lofty ideals?" Later, he went abroad, made great contributions, and sealed Hou. Finally, he met a man who said to him, "Dear senior, although you are an ordinary scholar, you will be named Hou thousands of miles away in the future." Ban Chao wants to know. The fortune teller pointed to him and said, "Your chin is like a swallow, and your head and neck are like a tiger. Swallows can fly and tigers eat meat. This is the fate of Wan Li. " After a long time, Ming Di once asked Ban Gu, "Where is your brother now?" Ban Gu replied, "I am helping the government copy books to support my mother." So Ming Di appointed Ban Chao as an official of Lantai. Later, he was dismissed because he made a mistake.

In sixteen years, Guo Yao was sent to Xicheng.

When Ban Chao arrived in Shanshan, he was treated with courtesy, and then he suddenly became sloppy and neglected in management. Ban Chao said to his subordinate officials, "Don't you realize that the courtesy of being lenient with us is sparse?" This must be the reason why the Xiongnu emissary came, and he hesitated and didn't know where to go. Smart people can detect things before they happen, and now the situation is clear? So he called the waiter from the western regions and lied to him: "The Xiongnu emissary has been here for several days. Where are they now? " The waiter in the western regions panicked and told the specific situation in detail. Ban Chao said, "Nothing ventured, nothing gained? The best way now is to attack the Huns with fire in the dark, so that they don't know how many troops we have, and they will be very shocked and afraid, so that they can be completely destroyed. Destroy these enemies, Shanshan will fall into the tourist trap, and we will be done. " They all said, "okay. "At night, he led the officers and men to the Huns' camp. Just as the wind was howling, Ban Chao asked ten people to hide behind the enemy's house with drums and agreed with them: "When you see the fire, you must beat the drums and shout together." The rest of the people were all armed to the teeth and ambushed on both sides of the door. Ban Chao then set fire to the wind, and people in front of and behind the house beat drums and shouted together. The enemy was frightened out of the camp. Ban Chao personally killed three people, and the officers and men killed more than 30 Xiongnu messengers and subordinates, and all the remaining more than 100 people were killed by fire. Ban Chao summoned Wang Guang of Shanshan to show him the head of the Xiongnu messenger. Shanshan shocked the whole country and was frightened.

Joining the army with a pen means abandoning literature and joining the army, joining the battlefield, making contributions to the country and displaying one's ambitions. It tells people that only by daring to break the balance and innovating hard can we forge perseverance and achieve earth-shattering achievements.